Whip-socket



(No Model.)

F.E.BENT O-NV.

WHIP SOGKETL No. 374,771. Patented Dec. 13, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

FRANCIS E. BENTON, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTB.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374.771, dated December 13, 1887.

Application filed April 22, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANoIs E. BENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'hip-Socket Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to fasten a whip-socket to the dash of a vehicle in such a way that it cannot move in any direction and will be brought close to the dash.

Figure l ofthe drawings is a perspective view of my invention applied; Fig. 2, a transverse horizontal section on line w 00 through the middle of the clamps, spring, and whipsocket; and Fig. 3, asimilar horizontal section on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the clamps.

In the drawings, A represents a whip-socket,

B B the clamps, and O the retaining-spring.

Each of the clamps is provided with the curved arms b b, the screw-holes b b, and the slot b while the clamp B has a screw-hole, b. The spring 0 passes through the slots b b and then around the dash iron (Z, while the screw E passes through the spring-hole c, then through dash-hole d, then through screw-hole b of the clamp B, and finally through the spring-holes Serial No. 235,803. (No model.)

0 c", the latter being preferably, but not necessarily, doubled at one end and provided with two holes. The clamps being thus fastened to the dash D, the whip-socket A. is placed Within the arms b and the clamps B drawn together on it by means of the screws F F, which pass through the clamp-holes b b and the nuts G G. G is a similar nut, into which the screw E works.

It will thus be seen that my socket-fastener is made in two pieces, which are drawn by screw-p0wer to tightly embrace the socket, while they are themselves spring-clamped to the dash, so that they may be slightly pressed apart to introduce the socket, and then drawn together, so as to prevent any motion thereof. This constitutes a great. advantage in my invention.

The arms I) b are curved to correspond with the socket and have a continuous bearing thereon, so that it is not liable to work loose like those now in public use.

What I claim as new,and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

In a whip-socket fastener, the clamps B B, having arms 6, holes b b, and slot b and the spring-clasp G, in combination with bolts E F F, having end nuts, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS E. BENTON.

Witnesses:

' ARTHUR DAKIN,

EUGENE H. Moons. 

